Hellooo!  TGIF!

My fortunes are grand this week . . . so here I go!

I’m fortunate for a four day weekend!  Whoop!  Bring on the sun baybee!

I’m fortunate to be leaving for a road trip with my number one lady, my mom, and my good friend Lisa, and her daughter . . . on a mother/daughter trip to Spokane.  We’ve had this weekend planned for quite some time and its so exciting that it’s finally here!  Target! Costco! TJ Maxx!  And the real reason we’re going?  To enjoy the musical Wicked!  Ever since I went to NYC way back when (’06) and saw the flashy green billboard, I’ve wanted to see it!  T-1 day.

I’m fortunate for the amazing cakes that Paul and I made this week.  We had four due today, and they were all beautiful and I’m so proud to say I was part of all of them.  We did a lighthouse (Peggy’s Cove replicate), a Sex and the City 30th birthday for my friend Patti, an edible image cake, and a hippo/ballet cake for a special six year old.  I will post pics soon!

I’m fortunate to have gotten to be a part of Patti’s SURPRISE 30th birthday party!  We gotcha!  It was a lot of fun, and there were lots of laughs . . . and punch . . . and eats . . . and CAKE!

Have a great weekend readers . . . and if you’re lucky enough to be a British Columbian, Happy May Long Weekend!!

I am fortunate for the sun that has been out this week . . . though it’s hiding right now!  Come back!  Come back!  The flowers and vegetables in the garden want to grow!

I am fortunate for movers who KNOW what they’re doing.  I decided that I needed a second fridge downstairs, so we paid the extra $50 for delivery, and two very handy, experienced fridge movers, had that thing down the stairs, on it’s side, plugged in and ready to refrigerate in about 4.5 minutes!  I think Paul was fortunate for that too!  I can’t wait to see him and my Dad have to move it out.  Perhaps another $50 will be needed when it needs to come back UP the stairs.

I am fortunate to be feeling better!  The incisions are holding up . . . my guts aren’t hanging out through them (yes, I seriously worried about that!).  One incision is fighting an infection from the stitch that was tied and knotted . . . or something like that . . . it was doctor speak in the hospital yesterday.  I had to go and get it looked at because it has been causing me so much pain!  It’s right where my pants sit, so I basically have to pull the waist band up under my boobs so that it doesn’t rub the incision.  No fun . . . but I guess a little extra support doesn’t hurt the “ladies”!  I am hoping to be back to work on Monday (yay!) and to ease back in.  It might be a little bit difficult teaching Kindergarten without being able to bend properly . . . my guts might pop out of my holes.

I hope that you all had a good week, and have a great weekend!

Let’s get going . . . I only have 40 more minutes while it’s still Friday!

I am fortunate for the gift of time.  The long weekend started today and it has been a great start so far!  We have been working hard all day, making cupcakes, cakes and doing a bridal consultation . . . and packing!  Moving is such a hassle!

I am fortunate that neither Paul, nor I killed each other last night, as we worked on our latest cake until 3:00.  In the A.M!  Good lord that was a long, tough one, but our customer was happy, and that’s all that matters!

I am fortunate that tomorrow my mom and Paul are coming to help me pack up my stuff.  I seriously was starting to hyperventilate when I was thinking about moving.  You never know how much stuff you actually have until it all has to fit into boxes!  I’m living in a 500 square foot loft, and we’ve already taken three truck loads to Paul’s basement, and I’m calling in reinforcements tomorrow!

I am fortunate to have had the baking bug this week, and made two new recipes . . . Chocolate Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcake, and a Mocha Cupcake.  Both of them are so delicious!

I am fortunate that we live in a country where we have a thing called “Pitch In” and people actually care that it is Earth Day today.  We had the kids at school, picking up garbage in and around the school grounds.  It was great to see, and hopefully we kick the litter-bug problem sometime soon.  My dad used to blow up a HUGE Earth Day ball, and roll it around the EK10K route with the kids in his class.  Why don’t we do those kind of things anymore?

Happy Earth Day!

Sun . . . oh, it’s so nice to see you again!  Keep on shining . . . I beg you.

Victoria. . . almost there!  Can’t wait to see my “chosen” friends.  We go all the way back to our days in University, and we have managed to meet up every year since then, whether it be in Victoria, Penticton, Hawaii, Cranbrook, Calgary, or Vancouver.  Love you girls xoxoxx

Cupcakes.  Need I say more?

Paul . . . not only is this man a marketing genius, he can carve a mean truck cake!  His “first” cake is absolutely amazing and I will post pics soon.  I’m so proud of him, and I am so glad that I have his tools in my arsenal.

My health . . . I have a healthy heart, two healthy legs, two healthy arms . . . and two healthy boobs.  Thinking of my friend Geneva today <3  . . . and I’m working on a healthy mind!

Happy Friday.  Enjoy it, wherever you are.

I know, I know, I know . . . I have not posted all week! Grrrrrr . . . I simply have not had time.   I have been so busy baking, that I need to extend the number of hours in the day.  Hello, blog . . . nice to see you again.  I’ve missed you CCC.

On to the “Fortunes” . . .

I am fortunate to be so busy with baking orders. I will soon learn how to juggle everything and will be back to my blogging glory! I am planning to sit on my a$$ on Sunday and blog, blog, blog! Pictures need to be uploaded to my Facebook page (if you haven’t become a fan, please do so!), I need to figure out which delicious treats I will be making for our April specials (how does a Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcake sound to you?), I need to investigate gluten-free recipes for a couple of potenial customers and one for sure bride!

I am fortunate to have forgiving friends and family who will no longer be able to see me on a regular basis.  If anyone needs me, I’ll be in my kitchen.

While we’re on the topic of kitchens, I am fortunate to have found a new kitchen to fill my cake stuff with!  My dear friend Gretchen’s parents (are better people than), are heading out volunteering for the next couple of years and I am going to move into their house to keep it warm until they get back!  With the successful amount of baking that is going on, I have outgrown my beautiful, yet tiny, one bedroom loft.  I cannot wait to fill up the FOUR bedrooms of the new house!

Have a great weekend everyone 🙂

Yep, it’s Saturday already.  Whoops.

Here we go, quickly, and belated:

Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun!  Thank you for shining this week . . . I’m so fortunate.  Um, where are you today though?

I am fortunate for the initial success of our first advertising campaign!  Thank you so much partner in crime for all of your hard work on the website and the advertising!  xo  I’m so fortunate!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for all of the fans that have signed up on Facebook!  So fortunate!  Yay, we’re at 92 fans this morning!  I can’t wait to share all of the delicious up coming treats with you in the future!   When you place your next order, tell me you read this on CCC and you will get an additional 10% off your order!

Thanks for reading!

What are YOU fortunate for?  I’d love to hear from you . . . add your comment in the “comment” box at the top of the post.

Isn’t it interesting how life is going in one direction one day, and then you suddenly see yourself heading in a different one?  I feel this has happened with the evolution of my blog.

I started Cookies, Cupcakes, and Cardio in October of 2010 (it’s just an infant!) and I wanted to share my love for baking, and combine it with the healthy lifestyle choice of spinning (and other cardio).  I love my job teaching at the gym, and I appreciate each and every person that come to my classes.  Lately, posting cardio components has dwindled away . . . to nothingness 🙁  sorry.  I will get back to it this weekend!

I am fortunate that people are still reading my blog despite the lack of recent cardio components!

I have found myself down the path of altering my blog.  I love blogging, but starting a business in a small town, I am mixed about sharing complete recipes!  What if my “competition” reads my recipes, and “steals” them?  Is that serious concern?  I have no idea!  I have always been skeptical of others, not necessarily a trusting person, and I don’t know what to do about sharing completed recipes.

Upon many thoughts about this, I have decided to offer pictorial sessions of my baking and share recipes that are not for sale by JJ’s Custom Cakery.  I hope that this doesn’t annoy too many people!  If it does, please email me, and I will send you the recipe that you are looking for.  I started this blog to share and learn, and I want that to continue that in some way.

I am fortunate that I have gradually found myself going down a road I never thought I’d be on.

I am fortunate that I have a dilemma regarding what to do regarding sharing recipes, because it means I have started out successfully!

The end of another week has come!  I am starting to LOVE “having” to end my week with a Fortunate Friday post.  I say “having” to end my week because, hey, it’s MY blog, I’m in charge of this Mechanical baby!

Mechanical baby= blog.  Fur baby= Ruby dog.  Real baby= disaster.

I’m fortunate for my recent financial successes from the Cakery business, as my car bill this week was $600!  WTF!  For a tune up!  I need to switch brands.

I’m fortunate for Paul and my partnership with Jenn’s Custom Cakery, as he’s working on a new site as we speak.  Or at least he better be!  🙂

I’m fortunate to be in Vancouver again this weekend, representing the BC Primary Teachers’ at the BCTF’s New Teacher’s Conference.  Gretchen and I are presenting on Saturday afternoon, and we will soon be taking over the world after that.

I’m fortunate to be in Vancouver because it’s -32 in Cranbrook.  Enough said.